Moggy Update 8/7/13

I thought, after a hard morning's labour, I would fill you in as to my progress today. It has been, well, frustrating. It started off really well, with a tour of Burton Industrial Park to find Screwfix, Wickes and B and Q, to source some wood filler for me and a massive tarporlin for my friend Freddo, who decided the lovely weather was a calling for a giant makeshift water-slide.

We returned, laden with the requested items, plus a MacDonalds snack wrap each, and set to work. First we scraped off the middle beam of the wood frame, thinking it would be the easiest. Then we flicked out all the little flaky bits of wood filler, and revealed the problem... A massive amount of rot...

We scraped out so much rotten wood and rubber, that my drive is now a sea of it. The issue that we have is that we have to now put the metal beading that holds in the windows back in place. The next issue.

Sealant doesn't work, wood filler doesn't work, glue gun doesn't work, not even supper glue works. If I wasn't so skint I would be buying a whole new bit of wood, along with a couple of strips of the metal beading so that it would all fit nicely together.

The trouble with fixing something is that if you don't know how it works, you can't really fix it. This is something that me and freddo found out. Not only this, but neither of us knew how to do anything.

To give us one piece of credit for ingenuity, and persavereance would be a kind thing to do. 2 18 year olds, of the hottest day of the year, stood on my drive holding a piece of metal next to a piece of wood, hoping that it would just kind of fuse together maybe...

I am starting to think the project of building a carvan before the end of the summer may be a step to far in my DIY skills.

Not to worry, dad is on his way home. Dad's fix everything!

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Lucy The Moggy Update 28/06/2013

Well what a few months it has been for dearest Lucy. She has been to the grim north twice, and also to see about 1000 of her friends in oxfordshire at the Morris Centenary Rally at Cornbury Park. She has also had a lot of attention for her human supporters, namely me, and is about to get a full makeover...

We have been visting the relatives that Lucy came from more regularly this year, as they have 3 holiday cottages which we are trying to renovate. My working shifts disallow visits at weekends, but during the week I can pop up quite happily on my own, and so Lucy has been the fateful one to get me and a load of other stuff up there, and back, safely. Which I must add, she has done twice so far! Also my Great Uncle, from whom the car originated has much appreciated seeing Lucy again and on the road, running in her former glory.

Then the other weekend, I took some time off and headed down to Charlbury, a little village in Oxfordshire, with the most ginormous stately home and grounds, where the MMOC National Rally was held in conjunction with the Centenary celebrations event of International recognition, to celebrate 100 years of Morris car manufacturing, and massive feat in itself. And yes, we did see some vehicles from 1913! So she spent a day in a field full of Morris Minors, and lots of other different types of Morris, which both of us really enjoyed.

Now, onto the makeover bit. This is the most interesting bit for me as it has been something I have been wanting to do since I got Lucy. I have just received the varnish and scrapers to start to redo Lucy's woodwork! With a lot of time over the summer, and with any luck (or not knowing Britain) the weather on my side, I can't wait to get out and start work on re-varnishing the woodwork. When the rain actually stops of course!

Alongside this, I have also picked up a roof rack from my Great Uncle's farm which I have now found some suitable attire for: in the form of a suitcase from the 60s and a wicker picnic hamper, as you can see in the picture below:

So the minor is really starting to look the part, and I hope to be able to take some lovely photographs of her when the skies show a hint of blue in them, whilst I keep looking around for vinatge suitcases! As an aside, if you have any you are looking to get rid of, then let me know!

There is loads more on the way this summer in terms of Lucy and her restorations and adventures, so please feel free to keep checking my blog for further updates on my baby!

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